# Mikel Merino · NVP, ratings and skills | Sir Balone

> In the 2025-26 Premier League, Mikel Merino has an NVP of 42: number 66 of 103 midfielders in the league with 900+ minutes. They produce 1.08 times their position's average and cost 1.19 times as much.

URL: https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/mikel-merino-32710/
Datos al: 2026-10-15
Fuente de los datos: Sportmonks (https://www.sportmonks.com/). Métricas, notas y textos: La Lente, de Sir Balone, a cargo de Juan Carlos Vasquez (https://sirbalone.com/authors/juan-carlos-vasquez/).

§ Player · Midfielder

## Mikel Merino

[Arsenal](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/arsenal-19/2026-27/)

In the 2025-26 Premier League, Mikel Merino has an NVP of 42: number 66 of 103 midfielders in the league with 900+ minutes.

They produce 1.08 times their position's average and cost 1.19 times as much.

Their strongest skill is Striker: S, percentile 97.

They have a rating in 17 matches that season and were player of the match in 0. Their best rating was 70, in Fulham 0–1 Arsenal.

### Seasons

| Season | Competition | Team | Min | G | A | Produces | Costs | NVP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | [Premier League](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/premier-league/2025-26/) | [Arsenal](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/arsenal-19/2025-26/) | 1028 | 4 | 3 | 1.08× | 1.19× | 42 |
| 2025-26 | [Champions League](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/champions-league/2025-26/) | [Arsenal](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/arsenal-19/2025-26/) | 515 | 2 | 0 | 1.00× | 1.28× | 31 |
| 2024-25 | [Premier League](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/premier-league/2024-25/) | [Arsenal](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/arsenal-19/2024-25/) | 1593 | 7 | 2 | 0.99× | 1.12× | 39 |
| 2024-25 | [Champions League](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/champions-league/2024-25/) | [Arsenal](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/arsenal-19/2024-25/) | 817 | 2 | 3 | 1.02× | 0.95× | 54 |

### Skills

Percentile against players in the same position in the 2025-26 Premier League, as on the app card.

Striker S 97

Creator C 53

Dribbler X 18

Defender B 71

Control X 8

### Latest matches

- 31 [Arsenal 3–0 LOSC Lille](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/arsenal-losc-lille-2026-10-13/) 13 Oct · Champions League · 65'
- 24 [Brighton & Hove Albion 3–0 Arsenal](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/brighton-hove-albion-arsenal-2026-09-19/) 19 Sep · Premier League · 30'
- 46 [Napoli 0–1 Arsenal](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/napoli-arsenal-2026-09-09/) 9 Sep · Champions League · 65'
- 34 [Crystal Palace 1–2 Arsenal](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/crystal-palace-arsenal-2026-05-24/) 24 May · Premier League · 28'
- 38 [Arsenal 2–3 Manchester United](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/arsenal-manchester-united-2026-01-25/) 25 Jan · Premier League · 32'
- 35 [Inter 1–3 Arsenal](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/inter-arsenal-2026-01-20/) 20 Jan · Champions League · 90'
- 42 [Nottingham Forest 0–0 Arsenal](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/nottingham-forest-arsenal-2026-01-17/) 17 Jan · Premier League · 33'
- 61 [Arsenal 4–1 Aston Villa](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/arsenal-aston-villa-2025-12-30/) 30 Dec · Premier League · 73'
- 52 [Arsenal 2–1 Brighton & Hove Albion](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/arsenal-brighton-hove-albion-2025-12-27/) 27 Dec · Premier League · 90'
- 25 [Arsenal 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/arsenal-wolverhampton-wanderers-2025-12-13/) 13 Dec · Premier League · 32'

### Best matches

- 70 [Fulham 0–1 Arsenal](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/fulham-arsenal-2025-10-18/) 18 Oct 2025 · Premier League
- 62 [Newcastle United 1–2 Arsenal](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/newcastle-united-arsenal-2025-09-28/) 28 Sep 2025 · Premier League
- 61 [Arsenal 4–1 Aston Villa](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/arsenal-aston-villa-2025-12-30/) 30 Dec 2025 · Premier League
- 60 [Arsenal 3–1 Southampton](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/arsenal-southampton-2024-10-05/) 5 Oct 2024 · Premier League
- 60 [Arsenal 1–0 Shakhtar Donetsk](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/arsenal-shakhtar-donetsk-2024-10-22/) 22 Oct 2024 · Champions League

### How is the rating calculated?

The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.

[See their card in La Lente All their metrics, recent form, comparisons and Same DNA.](https://app.sirbalone.com/?jugador=Mikel+Merino&liga=Premier+League&temporada=25583&equipo=Arsenal)